Chandrasekhara Ashtakam

candraśekharāṣṭakam

Śloka 1

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara pāhimām |

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || (2)

ratnasānu śarāsanaṃ rajatādri śṛṅga niketanaṃ

śiñjinīkṛta pannageśvara macyutānala sāyakam |

kṣipradagda puratrayaṃ tridaśālayai-rabhivanditaṃ

candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 1 ||

pañcapādapa puṣpagandha padāmbuja dvayaśobhitaṃ

phālalocana jātapāvaka dagdha manmadha vigraham |

bhasmadigdha kalebaraṃ bhavanāśanaṃ bhava mavyayaṃ

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 2 ||

mattavāraṇa mukhyacarma kṛtottarīya manoharaṃ

paṅkajāsana padmalocana pūjitāṅghri saroruham |

deva sindhu taraṅga śrīkara sikta śubhra jaṭādharaṃ

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara pāhimām || 3 ||

yakṣa rājasakhaṃ bhagākṣa haraṃ bhujaṅga vibhūṣaṇam

śailarāja sutā pariṣkṛta cāruvāma kalebaram |

kṣela nīlagalaṃ paraśvadha dhāriṇaṃ mṛgadhāriṇam

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara pāhimām || 4 ||

kuṇḍalīkṛta kuṇḍalīśvara kuṇḍalaṃ vṛṣavāhanaṃ

nāradādi munīśvara stutavaibhavaṃ bhuvaneśvaram |

andhakāntaka māśritāmara pādapaṃ śamanāntakaṃ

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 5 ||

bheṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇā makhilāpadā mapahāriṇaṃ

dakṣayajña vināśanaṃ triguṇātmakaṃ trivilocanam |

bhakti mukti phalapradaṃ sakalāgha saṅgha nibarhaṇaṃ

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 6 ||

bhaktavatsala-marcitaṃ nidhimakṣayaṃ haridambaraṃ

sarvabhūta patiṃ parātpara-maprameya manuttamam |

somavārina bhūhutāśana soma pādyakhilākṛtiṃ

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara pāhimām || 7 ||

viśvasṛṣṭi vidhāyakaṃ punarevapālana tatparaṃ

saṃharaṃ tamapi prapañca maśeṣaloka nivāsinam |

krīḍayanta maharniśaṃ gaṇanātha yūtha samanvitaṃ

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 8 ||

mṛtyubhīta mṛkaṇḍusūnukṛtastavaṃ śivasannidhau

yatra kutra ca yaḥ paṭhenna hi tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ bhavet |

pūrṇamāyurarogatāmakhilārthasampadamādaraṃ

candraśekhara eva tasya dadāti muktimayatnataḥ || 9 ||